ダゲット郡のおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

If you're not staying at Firefighters Memorial Campground across the street, people often park at the side of the road to access this trail that, despite its name, leads to a nice overlook of Lake Flaming Gorge. Along the way, watch for wildlife and for wildflowers in season. This trail is also popular for cross-country skiing.

The trail to get here is easy and relatively short (about three miles round-trip) if you park across the street from the Firefighters Memorial Campground. For your efforts, you get a beautiful, sort of side-on view of the Green River as it flows through Red Canyon, a part of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.

This trail runs alongside the Green River as it carves its way through a "painted" rock canyon that is so pretty, Little Hole has been designated a National Scenic Trail. The trail runs for just over 7 miles one-way and doesn't really have feeder trails intersecting it, but with a parking lot at either end, it's easy to make this a point-to-point hike, or an out-and-back that goes for as long as you like. Keep an eye out for birds, wildlife like river otters, and boaters out on the water.

This viewpoint, just a short walk outside Canyon Rim Campground, offers impressive lookouts down into Red Canyon, with the Flaming Gorge Reservior, created from the Green River, in its depths. If you're up for hiking a couple miles northwest, the views get even better.

This overlook is famous for its wildflowers, which sprouted in profusion following a decades-past wildfire. You also get nice views into the nearby valley. You can't see all the way into Red Canyon from here, but you can hike there along the Canyon Rim Trail, and it's well worth it for the views.

Whether you're coming from the visitor center to the northwest, or staying at the Canyon Rim Campground to the southeast, this is one of several particularly great viewpoints along the Canyon Rim Trail.

This visitor center is a great place to get oriented to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. You can also enjoy spectacular views into 1,400-foot deep Red Canyon just a short walk to the north, or southeast along the Canyon Rim Trail.

Red Canyon is some 700 feet wide and 1,400 deep, and you get amazing views of it from this lookout point, as well as spots along the trail as you approach. The water at the bottom is Flaming Gorge Reservoir.